Barry Sanders attends Lions training camp

Barry Sanders attends Lions training camp

Official Detroit Lions brand ambassador Barry Sanders made an appearance at training camp Wednesday, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, brightening the day for all the lucky Lions fans that showed up.

As one person noted on Twitter, this might be the earliest Sanders has ever shown up for Lions camp:

That has to be a record for earliest TC attended for Barry. During his playing career he was always late to camp.

This is the sort of thing that can’t quickly be looked up, but Sanders was famous for taking his time reporting to camp for various reasons. Frankly, camp always felt unnecessary. It seemed as though Sanders could roll out of bed and be the best in the business at the drop of a hat.

But mere football mortals need to get in their reps, and it’s nice that a living Lions legend is there to inspire both the players and the fans while he does.

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